Linnaeus e



Jul 26 1927.

y L. E. BAKER LIQUID MEASURING AND DIJSPENSING APPARATUS Filed Jan. 5. 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR ATTORNE 4 Smets-Sheet 2 /NI/ENTOR L. E. BAKER July 26, 1927.

LIQUID MEASURING AND DISPENSING APPARATUS Fi ed Jan.5. 1926 s A 9 g f i; n a l 2 Jul 26 192 y 7 1 E. BAKER LIQUID MASURNG AND DISPENSING APPARATUS Y `4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Jan. 5, 1926 Wm a@ A TOR/VE Y Jul 2 1927 y 6 E. BAKER LQUD MEASNG AND DISPENSING APPARATUS Il /l/ 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed Jan. 5. 1926 v VENTO Woa.

/1 TTRNEY Patented July 26, 1927. i

UNITED STATES PATENT ori-ICE` LINNAEUS E. BAKER, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO WAYNE COMPANY, OF

i FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

LIQUID MEA'SUBING AND Application filed January My invention relates to liquid measuring and dispensing apparatus of the so-called visible class used generally in selling gasoline and more particularly to the type in which accurate measurement is eected by the vertical setting of what is known as the tubeportion of the gasoline conduit leading to the customers tank, thereby changing the level to which the visible container may be automatically drained. The latter portion of said conduit is usually a hose terminating in a nozzle through which the Customers tank is filled.

To allow for error in judgment as to the proper setting to fill the customers tank, a serve-valve is suitably located in said conduit to be closed in case said tank will not hold the amount set for. However, dishonest manipulation of the aforesaid adjustable-tube or of the serve-valve is a means ot cheating the customer, and the main object of my invention is to provide interlocking mechanism which will protect the customer in this regard at all times.

My improvement has been applied to a particular arrangement of the aforesaid type of adjustable conduit consisting of a U-tube, as represented in the pending application for Letters Patent, iiled by me July 2in1 i924., serial No. 727,956.

The particular embodiment ot my invention selected for illustration is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l, is an elevation, representing the upper and central portions of a gasoline measuring and dispensing device bearingmy improvements, i

Fig. 2 is a section on theline 2-2 of Fig. l,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged portion of Fig. 2, additionally showing the crank and pinion for manually shitting the adjustable part ot the delivery conduit,

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3 as though the apparatus were there shown in full,

Fig. 5, a detail, is a top plan view of the serving-valve lever, the setting-lever and the adjacent parts,

Fig. 6,`a detail, is a perspectiveof the serve-valve lever,

Fig. 7, a detail, is a perspective of the setting-lever, l

DIsPENsING APPARATUS.

`5, Y1926. serial No. 79,338.

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 5, showing the setting-lever engaging the notch corresponding to either lock or lill positions and the serve-valve lever locked so that the serve-valve cannot be opened,

Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9--9 of Fig. 5, with the setting-lever raised to clear all setting-notches for resetting. In this position the serve-valve is locked so that it cannot be manipulated to open the serve-valve,

Fig. l() is a section on the line 1010 ot' Fig. 5, showing the setting-lever set tor serving some particular quantity and the servevalve lever-free to open the serve-valve, and

Fig. 11 is a section on the line 11-11 ot Fig. 5, showing the setting-lever set for serving some particular quantity, as in Fig. l0, but with the serve-valve lever raised and the serve-valve open, permitting the liquid to gravitate to the customers tank.

Referring now to the drawings, the elevated container, usual to such apparatuses, consists of the transparentglass cylinder A suitably clamped between the top head a and bottom a1 by means of tie-rods a. To indicate the liquid level therein, the container is usually provided with graduations or markers. The bottom al is secured to the top end of a column B extending upwardly from the base (not shown). Gasoline is forced Yfrom the storage tank (not shown) by any suitable means (not shown) through the lill pipe C into the container A. A deflector c is placed in the container A on the end of the `fill pipe C to prevent agitation lof the liquid in filling. D is a pipe which returns excess liquid to the source of supply, its upper end rl being set at the zero graduation of the container A and determines accurately the initial level.

`Through the container bottom al extend the two parallel upright branches of the U- tube F. These branches preferably terminate aboveat substantially the same height. One of these branches f is the inlet end of the U-tube, extending through a stutling box a2 up into the container A, andis open-ended at the top to allow liquid to flow into it from the contents ofthe container` The other branch f1 is the outlet end of the U- tube, is open-ended and extends through a stuffing box a3 up into the container A, within a leak-tight chamber formed by the casing at with which it telescopes. These branches j and 71 terminate below the stut fing boxes a2, a in a connecting member f2, which 'forms the bottom oit the lil-tube, and with the branches j, 'l ilorms a continuous conduit for the ttow of liquid from the container A down through the tube f, over through the connecting member f2, up through the tube f1, out into the chamber at whence it passes through the annular space formed by the inner wall of at and the outer wall f1, through the cored passage a to the discharge outlet a, with which vthe servinghose, not shown, is connected.

A vent hole a7" is provided in the top of the chamber at to maintain atmospheric pressure at all times in the air spaces in the tops of the container .9i and the 'ca-sing at to insure the U-tube element always remaining Ytull of gasoline.

To the bottom of connecting member f2 is secured a guide bar f3 parallel with the tubes and f1. The bar is guided by the sheave wheel e5 and the gear el. Sheave wheel e turns on the stud c2 ol the gear plate E. A shaft c3 is journaled in a boss c4 of the. gear plateA F. To opposite ends of said shaft @3 are keyed said gear c1 and a cra k c5. Said gear plate E is mounted on the column B. The gear c1 engages rack teeth f1 of the guide bar and by manual operation of the crank c5 the guide loarf3 may be shifted7 thus elevating or lowering the U-tube F as desired.

A valve f5 in the connecting member f2 keeps the passage between the lower ends of the tubes f and j normally closed, due to the spring f7. The valve f5 may be opened by raising` the serve-lever Gr which is pivoted at g in angle brackets j, y secured to the connecting member 7' of the U-tube F, its opposite end g1 depressing the stein 7G ot the valve A series ot adjustable stops Z, containing notches 1, are mounted in a plate 712 secured to the front of the column B.

The 'location ot these stops and the corresponding notches determines accurately the elevation ot the itl-tube and thereby the amount ot liquid which any particular settingwill deliver'. v

The setting-lever H is journaled at 7L in aforesaid. angle brackets ff, ft.

Suitably pivoted' at 71.1 in the setting-lever Hf is a rol-ler 71,2 which may ent-er the appropriate notch 711 by depressing lever H when the U-tube has been brought to the desired level by manually turning the crank e5.

These stops 7) may be vertically adjusted. then secured to the plate 722 by means of bolts b3, and sealed in any suitable manner as by sca-le plate b4.

Serve-lever G h asfan arcuate boss ,(/2 concentric with its kivot f/ and setting-lever H has an arcuate oss 71,3 concentric with its pivot 7L, and these bosses are on the contiguous faces of said levers1 and have notches providing lor the interlocking or rotation ot said levers in certain positions as will be hereinafter described. Y

The boss g2 has its different parts ot diierent heights. The part of' i'ull height7 that is terminating` on plane g extends 'trom g* to the left (Fig. 6) tof/5. The part term1- nating on the lower plane g extends from gl to the right (Fig. 6) to g5, except where the boss is eut away entirely between g8 and g. The boss g2 is also cut away entirely between g4 and Q7. I

The boss 7b3 has its different parts of different heights. The part of full height, that is terminating` on plane 7b4, extends from 7L5 to the lett (Fig. 7) to LG. The part terminating on the lower plane 7L7 extends from h5 to the right (Fig. 7) to 7t8, except where the boi-sis cut away entirely between 7L9 and 7N. The boss 7b3 is also cut away entirely between 7LG and 71,8.

The apparatus is operated in the following manner: y

When locked up tor the night the visible container A. is empty andI the'roller 7# in the notch 1 opposite the mark Lock7 on the scale Zf. .lt will be noted that the lock and till notches are shallower than the others, as it is not intended that gasoline shall 'be served in either of those positions, so provision is made that the serve-valve can not be opened when the roller is in either ot these notches.

T he setting lever H is now raised enough to withdraw the roller trom the lock notch. The U-tube then lowered by rotation of the crank ci; until the roller 7a2 is opposite the till7 notch, when the lever H is depressed7 the roller entering the notch. The visible container is then filled and the excess above the Zero graduation drained back through the overflow tube D to the source of supply. Levers Gr and H are now ini the posillon shown in Fig. 8.

tjupposc the customer asks lor five gallons oit gasoline. The operator raises settinglever H withdrawing the roller from the till-notch. Levers G and In are then .in the i'iositions shown in Fig. 9, in which. position the serve-valve f5 can not be opened. He then rotates the crank e5 until the roller is opposite 5 on the scale. presses: the lover and the roller enters the notch Zil opposite the 5 and presses the roller to the bottoin ot tho notch.

Levers and H are now in the positions shown in F ig. 107 that is ready to serve.

The operator now raises the servie lever G as shown in Fig. 11.. opening they valve f5 and allowing gasoline to tiowrout ot the visi,h ble container A intothe custormers car tank until tive gallons have been served. when the flow ceases.

He then de-V n. un

` The serve lever G must then be released when it will be depressed by the combined action of spring 77 and gravity, to the position shown in Fig. l0. The setting latch can then be lowered for further serving or raised to till or lock positions.

If a customer should over estimate the capacity of his ear tank and it should overflow while being served, the operator lets go the serve-lever Gr and the valve f5 instantly closes. In short the serve-valve stays open only so long as the operator maintains upward pressure on the serve-lever G suiiicient to depress the spring f7,

The effect of the interlocking of the bosses g2 and h3 has been above described. What actually takes place is that in the position of the levers G and II shown in Fig. 8 the slot between g4 and 97 is occupied by a portion of boss h3 on the lever k7 just to the right of the slot It, 7am (Fig. 7) and at the same time portion of the boss between ILS and IL10 occupies the slot between g8 and g".

In the positions of the levers shown in Fig. 9, the point 71,5 has impinged upon the web of t-he lever G from which the boss g2 rises opposite the opening in the boss between g4 and g. In this position the roller h2 is clear of the notches b1, and the U-tube can then be raised or lowered.

In the position of the levers shown in Fig. 10, the slot between g4 and Q7 registers with the slot between its and 7am and the slot between g8 and gg registers with the slot between It and hs; the serve lever Gr can now be raised and the serve valve f5 opened.

In Fig. ll the serve valve has been opened and the boss section between g7 and g8 occupies the slot between hf and 71,1 and also the boss section between g and g5 occupies the slot between h6 and 71,8, preventing withdrawal of the roller 7b2 from notch 711.

In other words, with this apparatus it is impossible to serve unt-il the operator has set for a definite quantity, and it is impossible to change the setting while serving.

Many changes can be made in the mechanism herein shown without departing from the spirit of .my invention. It is, therefore, not my intention to be limited to the apparatus herein shown but I claim as within the scope of my invention all modifications thereof readable upon the claims.

I claim as my invention and-desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States l. In combination with a liquid measuring and dispensing apparatus having an elevated container, means for supplying liquid `to said container, a verticallylslidable servetube whose upper end communicated with said container, stop means for setting the vertical height of said serve-tube from time to time before serving liquid from said container, and a serve-valve to control the How ofvliquid dispensed; a lever to control said setting-means, a lever to open said servevalve, and (3o-acting means on said levers adapted to so interlock them that the lever which opens the serve-valve can function only when the setting-means is set in a position to ser-ve liquid and so that when in this position and the serve-valve open the setting-lever can not be shifted to change the position of the setting-means.

2. In combination with a liquid measuring and dispensing apparatus having an elevated container, means for supplying liquid to said container, a vertically slidable servetube whose upper end communicated with said container, stop means for setting the vertical height of said serve-tube from time to time before serving liquid from said Container, and a serve-valve to control the iOw of liquid dispensed; a lever to control said setting-means, a lever to open said servevalve, an arcuate boss on said setting-lever, an arcuate boss on said serve-lever, said bosses contiguous and varying in height in different sections thereof and gaps in said bosses so arranged that said bosses will cause said levers to interlock so that the serve-lever can function to open the valve only when the setting-means is set in one of the positions for serving liquid, and so that when in a set position and the servevalve open the setting-lever can not be shifted to change the position of the settingmeans.

3. A liquid measuring and dispensing apparatus having in combination, an elevated container, means for supplying liquid to said container, a vertically slidable serve-tube whose upper end connects with said container, a series of depressions for setting the vertical height of said serve-tube, a settinglever with a detent adapted to enter the one of said depressions opposite which it is stopped, a serve-valve to control the flow of liquid dispensed, a lever to open said servevalve and co-acting means on said levers adapted to so interlock them that the lever which opens the serve-valve can function only when the setting-lever is set in a position to serve liquid and so that when in this position and the serve-valve open the setting-lever cannot be shifted to change the position of the serve-tube.

4. A liquid measuring and dispensing apparatus having `in combina-tion, an elevated container, means for supplying liquid to said container, a vertically slidable serve-tube whose upper end communicates with said container, a series of depressions for setting the vertical height of said serve-tube, a setting-lever with a detent adapted to enter one of said depressions opposite which `it is stopped, a serve-valve to control the flow of liquid dispensed, a lever to open said serve-valve, an arcuate boss on said settinglever, an arcuate hose on said vserve-lever, the positions for serving liquid, and so that said bosses,v contiguous and varying in height when in set position and the serve-valve open in different sections thereotI and gaps in thev setting-lever cannot be shifted to change 10 Said bosses so arranged that said bosses Wil-l the position of the setting-means,

' Cause said levers to interlock so that the In testimony whereof- I have hereunto set seive-lever can function to open the valve my hand. only when the setting lever is set in oney of LINNAEUS E. BAKER. 

